Abutilon longicuspe Hochst. ex A. Rich.

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Near Serena Mountain Lodge, Mount Kenya

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Synonyms:	Abutilon cecilii N.E. Br. Abutilon longicuspe A. Rich. var. epilosum Exell
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial shrub up to 5 m. tall; stems somewhat angular when young, densely greyish stellate hairy; older stems woody. Leaves suborbicular or broadly ovate, up to 20 × 18 cm. but much smaller in upper leaves, cordate at the base, dark green and very shortly stellate velvety above, much paler, greyish, densely stellate-velvety beneath; margin usually distinctly crenate or serrate; petiole usually about as long as the lamina. Flowers numerous, axillary heads, aggregated in terminal and lateral, ultimately leafless heads, pale mauve, lavender or lilac with deep-red-purple centre and radiating purple veins. Petals c. 12 mm. long. Staminal tube deep red-purple and hairless in conical portion, stellate-hairy at the apex. Fruit c. 10 × 15 mm., depressed-subglobose, densely stellate-hairy. Mericarps 12–25, c. 10 × 5–6 mm., not awned.
Type location:	Ethiopia
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Habitat:	Mainly on mountain slopes in secondary forest, scrub and along forest margins.
Altitude range: (metres)	1000 - 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Eastern and southern tropical Africa.
FZ divisions:	N
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	N
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 31 May 2017
Literature:	Agnew, A.D.Q. (2013). Upland Kenya Wild Flowers and Ferns Nature Kenya - The East Africa Natural History Society Page 121. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 203. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 562. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 259. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 489 - 490. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 60. Maquet, P. (1983). Malvaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 392. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 119.

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